Improvement in fountains



0.- HORNBAKE @a A.. J. WILKINS.

FQUNTAIN. No.176,635. Patented p1-i125, 1876.

OLIVER HORNBAKE AND'ALBERT J. WILKIN'S, OF CALIFORNIA, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAINS.

p Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,635, dated April 25, 1876; application filed February 29,1876.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, OLIVER HORNBAKE and ALBERT J. WILKINS, of' California, in

the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and use Y and combination of parts that will be more fully described hereinafter, whereby alight, cheap, and ornamental fountain is produced, which will throw a steady stream of waterior hours by a single winding.

rIhe accompanying drawing represents our invention.

a represents the pedestal, made of bronze, iron, wood, or material of any kind, and of any ornamental shape or design that may be preferred. A portion of this pedestal above the Abase is made hollow, and the hollow portionthen vertically divided and the two portions hingedtogether, so that part can be opened and closed like a door, for the purpose of giving access to the operating mechanism. Firmly secured in this hollow space is a gearing of wheels, d, of any desired construction, which is operated' by a weight or spring, as may be preferred. Oonnected to Athis gearing in the usual manner is a piston, e, provided with suitable Valves, and

which works back and forth in the water'cylinder g. Leading down from the bowl h placed on top of the pedestal, is a pipe or tube,

which conveys the water from the bowl into the lower part of the cylinder g. Connected with the upper end of this Acylinder is a rubber tube, a, which has a bulb, o, formed inl its upper part just below where the tube is fast-- ened to the jet-nozzle or pipe e. The piston forces the water up into the tube and bulb faster than it can be discharged, and hence the water accumulates in the bulb and distends it to considerably beyond its size. The pressure of the rubber upon the water in attempting to regain its size, keeps the water iiowing from the nozzle in a continuous stream, and thus does away with an airchainber, which cannot always be relied upon. If preferred, the bowl may be made of glass, and be secured to the top of the pedestal, instead of being made with it or ofthe same material. By making the spring sufficiently powerful by a single winding;` it

can be made to operate the piston continuously for eight or ten hours at a time. These fountains may be made of sizes suitable for either parlors or the yards.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- In a fountain, the combination of the hollow pedestal a, an operating mechanism, d, piston c, cylinder g, bowl h, tubes t' o, and bulb a, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 21st day of February, 1876.

OLIVER HORNBAKE. ALBERT J. WILKINS.

Witnesses:

iGARY PIPER, J oHN B. HORNBAKE. 

